our $cookingcounter = 350883;
our $garlicbreadheadstart = 600;
our $ovenempty = 0;

my $holdtime = 0;
    if (
          !$ovenempty
        || $test
        && (
            0 <= (
                $holdtime =
                  $cookingcounter + 60 * 90 - 356400
            )
            || 0 <= (
                $holdtime = $cookingcounter + (
                    $garlicbreadheadstart -
                      60 * ( 60 + 15 )
                  ) - 356400
            ) )
      ) {
        die sprintf 'Main Dish or Appetizer Cooking: %d, hold for %d',
          $cookingcounter,
          $holdtime;
    }

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Produces
Main Dish or Appetizer Cooking: 350883, hold for 0 at main.pl line 21.
Expected hold time to not be zero.

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